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“Uptown Funk!” is for the second consecutive week the best-selling song in France for Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars in its fifth week inside the top 10 (8,200 sales / +12%). There is no change also at number two for David Guetta featuring Sam Martin with “Dangerous” in their 12th week inside the ten best-sellers (7,600 sales / +23%).

In its 19th week on the chart (and 12th in the top 10), Kendji Girac‘s “Andalouse” gets its peak position as it moves up one place at three (5,500 sales / +28%). Incredible : Sia climbs four at number four with “Chandelier” in her 31st week inside the top 10. It’s down two places at five for Emma Louise with “Jungle” in her seventh week inside the ten best-selling songs (4,800 sales / -6%).

Louane‘s version of Michel Sardou‘s “Je Vole” is up one at number six in its second week on the chart (4,232 sales / +21%). It’s taken from the soundtrack to the movie La Famille Bélier. In its 40th week in the top 200, The Avener‘s “Fade Out Lines” moves back up four places at seven.

Mariah Carey gets her tenth top 10 hit with a brand new song… the 1994 classic “All I Want For Christmas Is You” enters the top 10 for the first time as it jumps from 14 to number eight in its 16th week on the chart (3,700 sales / +48%). Her highest-charting song in France is “Without You” which spent five consecutive weeks at two in September and October 1994.

In its 26th week inside the top 10, “Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Remix)” falls four places at nine for Lilly Wood & The Prick And Robin Schulz (3,700 sales / +3%). After a four-week absence, Soprano‘s “Cosmo” is back inside the top 10 as it climbs ten at number 10 in its 20th week on the chart (3,400 sales). It reached number five in October.

Three songs drop out of the top 10 this week. “Saint Claude” slips one place at eleven for Christine And The Queens in its 31st week inside the 200 best-sellers. After two weeks in the top 10, Hozier‘s “Take Me To Church” moves down three at number twelve. In his ninth week on the chart, Josef Salvat falls nine places at 15 with “Diamonds”. The song was number two in November and spent six weeks inside the top 10.

Taylor Swift is up seven at number 17 with “Shake It Off” in her 19th week inside the 200 best-sellers. It’s a great week for Black M as he owns two songs in this week’s top 20 : “Je Ne Dirai Rien” (featuring The Shin Sekai & Doomams) climbs eight places at 18 in its 31st week on the chart (2,600 sales), and his former Number One “Sur Ma Route” moves up nine at number 19 in its 40th week in the top 200 (2,500 sales). In its 35th week on the chart, Coldplay‘s “A Sky Full Of Stars” jumps from 25 to number 20 (2,500 sales).

Joe Cocker sadly passed away on Monday 22nd, and he has three songs in this week’s top 50 as his version of “With A Little Help From My Friends” re-enters at 29 (2,000 sales), “Unchain My Heart” is also a re-entry at number 39 (1,400 sales / it peaked at 25 in April 1988), and “You Can Leave Your Hat On” is new at 48 (1,200 sales). “N’Oubliez Jamais” is his only top 10 hit, it reached number ten in October 1997.

It’s a disappointing second week for Madonna‘s new songs. She only has two of them in this week’s top 100 as “Living For Love” falls 16 at number 66 (900 sales / -10%), and “Devil Pray” moves down a massive 30 places at 92 (600 sales / -25%).

This year’s winner of the TV show “The Voice” Kendji Girac is still at the top of the French albums chart for the seventh non-consecutive week with his eponymous LP in his 16th week inside the top 10 (68,466 sales / -21%).

In his sixth week inside the ten best-sellers, Johnny Hallyday moves up two places at two with Rester Vivant (58,713 sales / -17%). AC/DC‘s Rock Or Bust slips one at number three in its fourth week in the top 10 (52,900 sales / -29%). Alain Souchon & Laurent Voulzy‘s self-titled LP is down one place at four. It sold 49,500 copies last week (-32%).

Black M jumps from eight to number five with Les Yeux Plus Gros Que Le Monde in his 19th week inside the ten best-selling LPs (40,300 sales / -19%). Calogero‘s Les Feux D’Artifice climbs one place at six in its 19th week in the top 10 (40,100 sales / -26%). The compilation NRJ Music Awards 2014 moves down one at number seven in its fourth week inside the top 10 (37,200 sales / -38%).

In their third week inside the ten best-sellers, Les Enfoirés fall three places at eight with their best-of Les Enfoirés En Choeur De 1985 A Aujourd’hui (34,300 sales / -49%). Zaz is a non-mover at number nine with Paris in her sixth week in the top 10 (33,800 sales / -27%). In his third week inside the top 10, Patrick Bruel stays at ten with his Live 2014.

In her 30th week on the chart, Christine And The Queens climbs two places at 13 with Chaleur Humaine (20,800 sales / -8%). It’s also up two at number 18 for Julien Doré‘s Løve in its 61st week inside the top 250. The LP debuted and peaked at four in November 2013.

You just can’t stop him : in his 71st week on the chart, Stromae jumps from 30 to number 26 with Racine Carrée. Fréro Delavega‘s self-titled album moves up five places at 31 in its 23rd week inside the 250 best-sellers.

A Bouche Que Veux-Tu climbs nine at number 33 for Brigitte in its sixth week on the chart. The album gave Brigitte their first top 10 LP when it opened ar seven in November. In their 13th week in the top 250, Les Stentors are up seven at 34 with Rendez-Vous Au Cinéma.

Roberto Alagna‘s Ma Vie Est Un Opéra moves up a massive 19 places at 36 in its sixth week on the chart. Sia jumps from 44 to number 37 with 1000 Forms Of Fear in her 25th week inside the top 250. The album reached number eight in July. Wanted On Voyage climbs 24 places at 51 for George Ezra in its 16th week on the chart.

And this year’s Christmas Number One is… a brand new Number One as “Uptown Funk!” moves up one place for Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars in its fourth week inside the top 10 (7,300 sales / +12%). The song gives both artists their first ever chart-topper in France. It’s down one at number two for David Guetta featuring Sam Martin with “Dangerous” in their 11th week inside the ten best-sellers (6,200 sales / -9%).

Emma Louise‘s “Jungle” gets its peak position as it climbs one place at three in its sixth week in the top 10 (5,100 sales / +6%). It’s a good week also for Kendji Girac, his “Andalouse” is up two at number four in its 11th week inside the top 10 (4,300 sales / +10%). In their 25th week inside the ten best-selling songs, Lilly Wood & The Prick And Robin Schulz jump from seven to number five with “Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Remix)” (3,600 sales / -8%). “Diamonds” falls three places at six for Josef Salvat in its sixth week in the top 10 (3,500 sales / -34%).

Louane gets this week’s highest new entry at number seven with her version of Michel Sardou‘s “Je Vole” (3,500 sales). It’s taken from the soundtrack to the movie La Famille Bélier. Louane was a contestant on the TV show “The Voice” last year. “Je Vole” is her first top 10 hit.

In her 30th week inside the top 10, Sia moves down three places at eight with “Chandelier” (3,500 sales / -15%). Hozier‘s “Take Me To Church” is a non-mover at number nine in its second week inside the ten best-sellers. “Saint Claude” gives Christine And The Queens her first top 10 hit, as the song climbs eleven places at ten in its 30th week on the chart.

Two songs drop out of the top 10 this week. After 13 weeks inside the ten best-selling songs, The Avener‘s “Fade Out Lines” slips three at number eleven. It peaked at three in November. Last week’s new entry at ten, “Le Coup Du Patron” is down to… number 163 for Dosseh, Gradur & Joke.

In her 43rd week inside the top 200, Anaïs Delva moves up seven places at twelve with the French version of Frozen‘s “Let It Go”, “Libérée, Délivrée” (2,700 sales). “Color Gitano” climbs five at number 13 for Kendji Girac in its 28th week on the chart.

Mariah Carey‘s 1994 classic “All I Want For Christmas Is You” finally enters the top 20 as it jumps from 56 to number 14 in its 15th week inside the 200 best-sellers (2,500 sales). It’s Mariah Carey‘s 17th top 20 hit in France, and the first since December 2009 when “I Want To Know What Love Is” reached number six.

Christine And The Queens owns another song inside the top 30, as “Christine” is up 15 places at 21 in its 13th week on the chart. “Je Garde Le Sourire” climbs five at number 23 for Black M in its ninth week in the top 200. His “Sur Ma Route” has also a good week as it moves up six places at 28 in its 39th week on the chart. The song was Number One for four consecutive weeks in June.

In its ninth week inside the top 200, “Outside” jumps from 38 to number 27 for Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding (1,500 sales). It’s his seventh top 30 hit, and the fourth for Ellie Goulding. Maroon 5‘s “Animals” is back up eleven places at 33 in its 16th week on the chart. Ariana Grande & The Weeknd climb five at number 34 with “Love Me Harder” in their tenth week inside the 200 best-sellers.

“Prohibé” is new at 41 for H-Magnum. Charli XCX gets a fourth top 50 hit as “Break The Rules” moves up a massive 43 places at 44 in its third week on the chart. Will it be her first top 10 hit ? Place your bets. In its 12th week in the top 200, London Grammar‘s “Hey Now” jumps from 95 to number 45.

Madonna released last Saturday six brand new songs and they all enter the top 100 in two days of sales : “Living For Love” at number 50 (1,000 sales), “Devil Pray” at 62 (800 sales), “Ghosttown” at 70 (800 sales), “Bitch I’m Madonna” (featuring Nicki Minaj) is number 90 (600 sales), “Unapologetic Bitch” enters at 91 (600 sales), and “Illuminati” opens at number 92 (600 sales).

As he won two trophies at this year’s NRJ Music Awards on Saturday 13th, Kendji Girac climbs two places to spend a sixth week at the top of the French albums chart with his eponymous LP in his 15th week inside the top 10. By doing so, he also secures his highest sale (86,833 sales / +50%). The album debuted at Number One in September with 68,166 copies sold, and is still at three in the year-to-date (470,116 sales) behind Stromae‘s Racine Carrée (693,859) and Indila‘s Mini World (531,268). Kendji Girac won this year’s French edition of the TV show “The Voice”.

After two consecutive weeks at the top, AC/DC‘s Rock Or Bust is down to number two (74,729 sales / +26%). The album has sold 225,855 copies in its three weeks on the chart. Alain Souchon & Laurent Voulzy slip one place at three with their self-titled LP (72,930 sales / +24%). It has sold 245,890 copies so far.

Johnny Hallyday is a non-mover at number four with Rester Vivant (71,028 sales / +28%), the album has sold 366,398 copies in its five weeks inside the ten best-sellers. There is no change also at five for Les Enfoirés with their best-of Les Enfoirés En Choeur De 1985 A Aujourd’hui in their second week on the chart (66,709 sales / +37%). The LP has sold 115,532 copies so far. The compilation NRJ Music Awards 2014is back up one place at six (60,200 sales / +57%).

In his 18th week in the top 10, Calogero climbs one at number seven with Les Feux D’Artifice (53,845 sales / +48%). Black M moves up one place at eight with Les Yeux Plus Gros Que Le Monde in his 18th week inside the top 10 (49,852 sales / +46%).

Paris re-enters the top 10 as it jumps from twelve to number nine for Zaz in its fifth week inside the ten best-sellers (46,219 sales / +52%). It’s down four places at ten for Patrick Bruel with his Live 2014 (33,928 sales / -16%).

One album drops out of the top 10 this week. Last week’s new entry at ten, Jul falls to number 24 with Je Trouve Pas Le Sommeil (16,800 sales / -50%).

In its fourth week on the chart, David Guetta‘s Listen moves back up three places at eleven (33,901 sales / +31%). Chaleur Humaine climbs eleven at number 15 for Christine And The Queens in its 29th week in the top 250 (22,600 sales). The album debuted and peaked at six in June. The soundtrack to La Reine Des Neiges (Frozen) is up five places at 18 in its 55th week on the chart (21,200 sales).

Julien Doré‘s Løve jumps from 28 to number 20 in its 60th week inside the 250 best-sellers (17,900 sales). It’s a good week also for Bernard Lavilliers, his Acoustique moves up six places at 21 in its fourth week on the chart. In his 70th week in the top 250, Stromae climbs six at number 30 with Racine Carrée (13,038 sales).

Dans Ma Ruche is new at 51 for Guizmo. La Banquise reached number 17 in April 2012. Nicki Minaj opens at 70 with The Pinkprint (4,205 sales). Her Pink Friday peaked at 116 in November 2010, and Pink Friday – Roman Reloaded was number 20 in April 2012.

David Guetta‘s “Dangerous” (featuring Sam Martin) stays at the top of the French singles chart for a sixth non-consecutive week in its tenth week inside the top 10 (6,800 sales / -3%). “Uptown Funk” will have to wait for another week to be Bruno Mars‘s first chart-topper in France, as the song is a non-mover at number two for Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars in its third week inside the ten best-sellers (6,500 sales / +10%).

In his fifth week in the top 10, Josef Salvat moves back up two places at three with “Diamonds” (5,300 sales / +10%). There is no change at number four for Emma Louise‘s “Jungle” in its fifth week inside the top 10 (4,800 sales / -8%). Kendji Girac is another non-mover, at six with “Andalouse” in his tenth week inside the best-sellers (3,900 sales / =).

These two songs just don’t want to go out of the top 10 : Sia‘s “Chandelier” climbs three places at five in its 29th week in the top 10 (4,100 sales / +14%), and “Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Remix)” is also back up three at number seven for Lilly Wood & The Prick And Robin Schulz in its 24th week inside the top 10 (3,900 sales / +30%).

The Avener‘s “Fade Out Lines” slips one place at eight in its 13th week inside the ten best-selling songs (3,100 sales / -16%). In its 12th week on the chart, Hozier‘s “Take Me To Church” enters the top 10 as it jumps from 13 to number nine (2,800 sales). This week’s highest new entry goes to Dosseh, Gradur & Joke at ten with “Le Coup Du Patron” (2,600 sales). It’s the first top 10 hit for the three acts.

Two songs drop out of the top 10 this week. Selah Sue falls 26 at number 35 with “Alone” in her sixth week on the chart. After the Telethon, it’s not surprising to notice that “Petit Garçon” moves down a massive 73 places at 76 for Garou & Ryan in its fifth week inside the top 200 (700 sales / -87%). It was even worse last year when Bénabar, Patrick Bruel, Cali and Marina fell from the top spot to number… 136 with “Un Arc En Ciel”.

In its 13th week on the chart, “Fresh Prince” climbs five at number twelve for Soprano featuring Uncle Phil (2,300 sales). Calogero gets his seventh top 20 hit, as “Le Portrait” is up eight places at 13 in its eighth week inside the 200 best-sellers (2,300 sales).

“Le Monde” is new at number 15 for M. Pokora (2,200 sales). It’s a bit better than “On Danse” which debuted and peaked at 16 in October. After a nine-week absence, “The Chamber” is back inside the top 20 as it jumps from 31 to number 16 for Lenny Kravitz. Kendji Girac owns two songs in this week’s top 20, his “Color Gitano” moves up seven places at 18 in its 27th week on the chart.

In its 42nd (!) week in the top 200, Anaïs Delva‘s “Libérée, Délivrée” finally enters the top 20 as it climbs ten at number 19. “Libérée, Délivrée” is the French version of Frozen‘s “Let It Go”. As Coldplay sang it at the NRJ Music Awards last Saturday, “A Sky Full Of Stars” is back up ten places at 22 in its 33rd week on the chart. The song reached number three in August and is Coldplay‘s highest-charting song in France.

“80 Zetrei” debuts at 25 for Kaaris, the song is his third top 30 hit. In his eighth week inside the top 200, Black M jumps from 34 to number 28 with “Je Garde Le Sourire”. It’s a great week for him, as “Sur Ma Route” moves back up 18 places at 34 in its 38th week on the chart. Shy’m climbs five at number 32 with “L’Effet De Serre” in her fifth week inside the 200 best-selling songs.

Last week’s new entry at number 58, Band Aid 30‘s “Noël Est Là” is already out of the top 200…

AC/DC‘s Rock Or Bust keeps the top spot for a second week in the French albums chart as the LP sold 59,324 copies last week (-35%) for a total of 151,126 in its two weeks on the chart. Alain Souchon & Laurent Voulzy move back up one place at two with their self-titled LP (58,590 sales / +16%). The album has sold 172,960 copies in its three weeks inside the top 10.

Kendji Girac‘s eponymous album climbs one at number three (57,821 sales / +33%). With 383,283 copies sold, it is ranked as the third best-selling LP for 2014, behind Stromae‘s Racine Carrée (680,821) and Indila‘s Mini World (505,214). In his fourth week inside the ten best-sellers, Johnny Hallyday slips two places at four with Rester Vivant (55,437 sales / +3%). The album has sold 295,370 copies so far. You can notice it was a very close battle for the top spot, as only 3,887 sales separate the best-seller from the number four LP.

The compilation Les Enfoirés En Choeur De 1985 A Aujourd’hui is this week’s highest new entry at five for Les Enfoirés (48,823 sales). Patrick Bruel‘s Live 2014 opens at number six (40,400 sales). His last live LP Seul… Ou Presque reached number nine in June 2009. The compilation NRJ Music Awards 2014 slips two places at seven in its second week on the chart (38,400 sales / +26%).

In his 17th week inside the ten best-sellers, Calogero is a non-mover at number eight with Les Feux D’Artifice (36,400 sales / +52%). It’s down three places at nine for Black M with Les Yeux Plus Gros Que Le Monde in his 17th week in the top 10 (34,100 sales / +31%). Jul gets his third (!) top 10 album in 2014 as Je Trouve Pas Le Sommeil debuts at number ten (33,700 sales). Dans Ma Paranoïa peaked at seven in March, and Lacrizeomic reached number four in June.

Three albums drop out of the top 10 this week. After four weeks inside the ten best-selling LPs, Zaz moves down three places at twelve with Paris (30,500 sales / +28%). Pink Floyd‘s The Endless River falls six at number 13 in its fifth week on the chart. Last week’s new entry at ten, Black City Tour is down to number 40 for Indochine.

Vincent Niclo‘s Ce Que Je Suis is a new entry at eleven with 31,406 copies sold. His Luis debuted and peaked at number three in September 2013 with 14,188 sales. In her 28th week inside the top 250, Christine And The Queens moves back up six places at 26 with Chaleur Humaine.

Les Prêtres jump from 51 to number 31 with Amen in their 36th week on the chart. The album spent three consecutive weeks at the top in April. Hélène Segara enters at 43 with Tout Commence Aujourd’hui (7,315 sales). It’s a very disappointing new entry for her as her last LP Et Si Tu N’Existais Pas (with Joe Dassin) reached number two in October 2013. She also got two Number One albums, with Humaine (for two weeks in March 2003) and Quand L’Eternité… (for one week in September 2006).

For once I won’t start with this week’s chart-topper, but with the number 58 song. And that song is flopping. Hard. It’s the French version of Band Aid 30 titled “Noël Est Là” which enters at 58 with only 786 downloads sold last week (it was released on Monday 1st). I can’t say I’m totally surprised by the flop of the song as I think it lacks of so many things : good voices, star quality, and the guys who are on that song look really bored. I know, it’s for a serious cause but guys, try to have fun when you are doing the stuff ! It’s like there is no heart. I really hope the song will sell a lot more in the future though (I’m not fully convinced it will, but who knows ?). You can watch the video below, so you can judge by yourself.

The song lacks the spirit of Chanteurs Sans Frontières with “Ethiopie” (Number One for eight consecutive weeks from May to July 1985).

“Dangerous” spends a fifth non-consecutive week at the top of the French singles chart for David Guetta featuring Sam Martin in its ninth week inside the top 10 (7,000 sales / -20%). It could be the song’s last week at Number One as “Uptown Funk” climbs one place at two for Mark Ronson featuring Bruno Mars in its second week inside the ten best-sellers (5,900 sales / +40%). It’s amazing to know that “Uptown Funk” is now Bruno Mars‘ highest-charting song in France, “Locked Out Of Heaven” peaked at three in February 2013.

This year’s Telethon official song, “Petit Garçon” moves up a massive 121 places at three for Garou & Ryan in its fourth week on the chart (5,378 sales). Last year “Un Arc En Ciel” reached the top spot in December for Bénabar, Patrick Bruel, Cali & Marina with 6,660 copies sold. “Petit Garçon” is Garou‘s first top 10 hit since 2005 when “Tu Es Comme Ca” (with Marilou) reached number ten in June and July.

Emma Louise is a non-mover at four with “Jungle” in her fourth week in the top 10 (5,200 sales / +27%). Josef Salvat falls three places at five with “Diamonds” in his fourth week inside the top 10 (4,800 sales / +14%). In his ninth week inside the ten best-selling songs, Kendji Girac is back up one at number six with “Andalouse” (3,900 sales / +15%). The Avener‘s “Fade Out Lines” slips one place at seven in its 12th week in the top 10 (3,700 sales / =).

After 26 consecutive weeks inside the top five, Sia moves down three at number eight with “Chandelier” (3,600 sales / -5%). In her fifth week on the chart, Selah Sue jumps from 120 to number nine with “Alone” (3,200 sales). It’s her first top 10 hit, “Raggamuffin” was number 18 in November 2010. It’s down one place at ten for Lilly Wood & The Prick And Robin Schulz with “Prayer In C (Robin Schulz Remix)” in their 23rd week inside the top 10 (3,000 sales / -3%).

Two songs drop out of the top 10 this week. After 15 weeks inside the ten best-sellers, “Stay High (Habits Remix)” slips one at number eleven for Tove Lo featuring Hippie Sabotage. The song spent five non-consecutive weeks at two from August to October. Last week’s new entry at eight, “Même Tarif” is down to… number 181 for Alonzo featuring Booba.

In its 11th week on the chart, Hozier‘s “Take Me To Church” climbs six places at 13. Will it be in the top 10 next week ? Place your bets. Blacko‘s “Le Temps Est Compté” is this week’s highest new entry at number 15 (2,300 sales). The song is his second top 20 hit, he peaked at 16 in January 2008 on Soprano‘s “Ferme Les Yeux Et Imagine Toi”. As a member of Sniper, he reached number five in April 2003 with “Gravé Dans La Roche”.

Calogero moves up four places at 21 with “Le Portrait” in his seventh week inside the top 200. “Love Me Harder” jumps from 43 to number 27 for Ariana Grande & The Weeknd in its eighth week on the chart (1,500 sales). The song is Ariana Grande‘s third top 30 hit in France, and the first for The Weeknd.

The French version of Frozen‘s “Let It Go” by Anaïs Delva (“Libérée, Délivrée”) climbs a massive 36 places at 29 in its 41st week inside the 200 best-sellers (1,400 sales). It was number 23 in April. Maroon 5‘s “Animals” is back up six at number 33 in its 14th week on the chart. “Outside” moves up six places at 38 for Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding in its seventh week in the top 200.